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Reminder: Community forum for City Schools of Decatur superintendent search

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Reminder: Community forum for City Schools of Decatur superintendent search

City Schools of Decatur Administrative Offices. Photo by Dena Mellick
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City Schools of Decatur Administrative Offices. Photo by Dena Mellick

City Schools of Decatur Administrative Offices. Photo by Dena Mellick

The community will have one more chance to weigh in on the search for City Schools of Decatur’s next superintendent.

There will be a community forum on Aug. 5 at 6:30 p.m. It will be held at CSD’s Central Office located at 125 Electric Avenue.

“The CSD community is invited to participate in a community forum to seek input on the most desirable characteristics and skills that our new superintendent should possess,” the meeting announcement says. “The consultant firm, Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, will facilitate the forum.”

School Board members are expected to review superintendent candidates during a closed door meeting sometime this month. At a recent meeting, board members approved the terms and timeline of the departure of outgoing Superintendent Phyllis Edwards, who recently announced she would be leaving CSD after 12 years.

Edwards will be a tough act to follow and is leaving CSD at a time of unprecedented growth. CSD’s test scores rank among the highest in the state.

This November, voters will decide whether to raise their own taxes by 8 percent so City Schools of Decatur can borrow $75 million for school construction to accommodate the school system’s rising enrollment. Current City Schools of Decatur enrollment is around 4,300 students.  CSD consultants project enrollment will be more than 6,000 by 2020.